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The Leonard Lopate Show
How John Wayne And John Ford Became The Kings Of The Western

Director John Ford and actor John Wayne were a legendary Hollywood team that created some of the most iconic Western films. In her new book, Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero, Nancy Schoenberger explores how they teamed up to make films like "Rio Grande," "The Quiet Man" and "The Searchers," and why they stopped working together in the 1960s.